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williamtton, N. C.
WILLIAM C. MANNING. EDITOR
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Friday, Augusl aq,
Do Your Selling
Several weeks ago, we advised
against selling cotton for future
delivery, as some farmers have a
habit of doing to their regret
later on. This is an age of
speculators—the world has seen
nothing to equal it. It i 3 an era
of "get-rich-quick,''; and the
easiest way about it to buy some
thing for nothing and sell at a
big profit. Often, very often,
the men who made the commodity
are the ones who get less out of
it. This is so frequently true of
the tobacco crop grown right
herein our own fertile county.
Many farmers have an uneasy
feeling just as soon as their crops
are cured and in the barns.
They fear that prices will slump,
and when a speculator comes
around, they sell for much less
than the weed would bring if
they sold directly on the floors of
the warehouses. There might be
some times when a man could
not conveniently grade and fcare
for his crop, but this should not
be. The man who raises the
weed should have a good place to
store it, and know how to prop
erly handle same before offering
it for sale. The best plan is to
place it on the homo market, and
receive the full price for every
pound. The men who go about to
purchase the weed ii\ the bulk
expect to realise a handsome sum,
and usually do. But why not let
the fanner get the benefit of his
own labors? The question is with
him. More than any other class
in the South, is the farmer the]
master of his own fate.
The Farmers' Meeting
Farmers will do well to attend
the Farmers' Meeting on Thurs
day, September 4th. This prom
ises to be the best meeting our
county ever enjoyed.
In addition to the lectures and
charts, there will be moving pic
tures to illustrate and show many
valuable points.
Lay aside the work of the day
and come and get new ideas and
prepare your mind for next year's
work.
The Farmers and the Banks
We urge farmers to acquire the
banking habit. If you have never
had an account with your local
banker, go to him and tell him of
your desire to open on account
with him. to make your deposits
as you get the money and to draw
the money out through your
checks.
Ask hint to explain to you the
rules of his bank and his banking
methods. You want to make out
your deposit slips exactly as other
■depositors do. You ought to
know something about the princi
ples of banking. They are few
and not difficult to understand.
It helps a save to have a
bank account. iTt- educates him
and his boys, and his, wife and
daughters, too, in business habits.
If you have a bank account and
are 1 businesslike in your transac
tors, you establish a reputation
as a business man as well as a
farmer; then, when you watvt to
borrow money to purchase fertili
zers or to make improvements, or
tp buy stock, you can go to your
banker, tell him of your proposed
transactions and ask that he let
you have the money that you will
need. Tell him when you think
you can pay it, and he will make
the loan upon terms and condi
tions to meet your necessities.
Home and Farm believes that
the farmer has an unused credit,
due to the property he owns.
Credit follows capital or property
like its shadow. A merchant or
manufacturer having several
thousand dollars invested in his
business has no difficulty in secur
ing bank accommodation, because
his property is a good security
for what he borrows:
The farmer's property is a
better security, if he handles it
properly, and if he is sagacious in
his conduct of business affairs.
The trouble is the farmer him
self discredits his own property
by neglect, or he fails to avail
himself of his own opportunity,
because he i 3 not thoroughly
familiar with business practices.
The farmer in the South needs
to know more about business if
he is going to get the best re
mits from his labor and if he is
going to market his crops with
the best returns.
Let the farmer, then come to
a good understanding with his
local banker. Let him 100 free
with them and frarilc with them.
Let thern,un Jerstan ! each othe.-,
and we will have a little co-opera
tive society of banker, merchant
and farmer, which must be the
foundation of all co-operation.—
Home & Farm.
Embroidery Club
Mrs. Kader Crawford was hos
tess to the Club on Tuesday after
noon at her home on Smith wick
Street. Added to the number of
members of the Club, were eight
honor guests, but some of these
were unavoidably detained at
home. Sixteen were present,
however, and fully enjoyed the
hours with the hostess. After
work bags were closed and books
exchanged, delicious refresh
ments were served. Tlie next
meeting will be held with Mrs.
A. R. Dunning on September 9th.
To go to Alabama
Rev. Horace H. Settle, who
closed his pastorate at the Chris
tian Church here on Sunday, will
leave for Aniston, Ala., soon,
where he has accepted the pastor
ate of the church jn that city.
During his pastorate here, he has
made many friends, and is a
young man of fine parts, deeply
spiritual and zealous for his
Master's cause. The congrega
tion here regret his departure,
but wish for him years of useful
ness in the ministry.
WANTED!
A boy or young man to
learn the printing busi
ness. A permanent job
and a good chance to learn
a coming business. Good
schooling to any bright
boy willing to work.
The Enterprise
/cod's High-Grade Seeds.
Crimson Clover
1 "ting of Soil Improvara,
tl)9 raphes splondid faH f
«rhi«r and spring (razing,
he earlloat groan food, or
a good hay crop.
CLOVER will increase
\s pioductivenesa of the land more
.1.1 n twenty times as much »: the jame
lot in t spcr* in commercial fertilizers.
'?.n be oown by itself or at tha last
• irking of com, cotton or other cultiva.
-?d crops. .
Wo arc headquarter* for
Crimson Clover, Alfalfa,
Winter Vetch, and all
Farm Seeds,
Write tor price* and Descriptive
i jl.ll Catalog, giving information
about all seeds fet rail sowing.
T. W WOO!) & SONS,
Seedsmen, - Richmond, Va.
TECUMSEH BY PROXY
By WM. LIGHTFOOT VIBBCHER.
Tom Lansing and Ladle Bell were
itrolling aroun*}, the equestrian statue
of grand old "Tecumseh" Sherman, In
the moonlight of May. Near them
towered the granite facade of the
treasury, yonder twinkled the lights
of the White House.
"Sit there," he said. For with hl»
handkerchief he had switched away
the dust from a block of stone where
stood, in real bronze, one of the sol-
Hers that, at quadrangle corners,
guard the "Leader to the Sea."
As he seated himself beside her
tie said:
"When Sherman was leading his le
gion through Georgia a handsome
young captain of a cavalry regiment
had a remarkable episode. A cavalry
brigade had captured the town of Ros
well, on the Chattaboocheei; at the ex
treme left of the army, and Roswell
was simply a town of cotton and wool
sn factories. The exigencies of war
demanded the burning of the factories
ind they were committed to the
dames, but what disposition to make
of the thousand or more pretty girls
of the confederate looms became a
aerlou* question. Gallant old Tecum
neh was equal to the occasion, how
ever. He ordered a regiment of bold
sabreurs to the front and directed
that each trooper and officer should
take a pretty maid upon an Impro
vised pillion, behind him on his steed.
"The girl that rodfe with her nrms
ibout the waht of the handsomo
cup: nln v/2E tV.s prettiest one
■f ihe tho'jpp.ru!, und they wsfre reti-r
--•j all r. ;';i;.r'.;:iMy prevy toutl.trn glria
who patriotically working to
clothe the soldiers of the south
Moreover, she was of a good family
Each Took a Pretty Maid.
)f Georgia and bad held some sort
)f official ponltion In one of the fac
tories of Kos well.
"Of course. Don't you know I was
born in Marietta?" questioned Lucie
Dell.
"Yes, I know," returned Tom Lan
sing. "But this was many years be
fore you were born." •
"A young woman who stood at the
iate to the beautiful grounds I told
vou of, watching with amused face the
nasslng regiment of double riders,
when she saw the young captain and
lis charge, rushed screaming between
right and joy, toward them, and then
Homething happened. The captain's
horse plunged and reared, and the
roung officer adroitly lifted the maid
en to the ground and to the arms of
ler cousin, the young woman who had
eome from the gate. But other of the
horses taking, contagiously, the fright,
plunged against him, and rider and
horse fell among rough-shod hoofs.
"Quickly the spot was cleared, but
the young captain was taken up, un
conscious, and by direction of the two
girls was borne to the grand house
imong the trees and roses.
The young captain happened to be
known and loved by General Sherman,
who sent his own staff surgeon to at
tend the Injured officer.
"There were days of anxiety tor
those about the young captain. He
was long unconscious and then fol
lowed a fever. The left arm, with
which he had BO gallantly saved the
tflrl from among the trampling horses,
was broken and cut, but youth and a
good constitution triumphed at last,
and shortly after Sherman had start
ed on his march to the sea, Capt Tom
Lansing and Lucie GIU, his bride,
the girl he had brought from Ros
well behind him, and who had nursed
him through his fight with death,
had arrived at Lansing's home, In au
tumn. on the shady banks of the
river Des Plalnes."
'Tom Lansing!" Lade almost
screamed. "Why that's your namel
And Lucie GUl—that's my name—
Lucie GUI Bell. My father had a
cousin named Lucie Gill whom hs
loved so much that hs named me for
her, but he died when I was a baby
and of course never told me of her
history."
"She was my mother. I am the
only son and youngest of five Chil
dren."
"Then you and I are kin."
"Yes, but very far removed, I am
thankful"
"I don't see why you are so exult
ant about the distance of our relation
ship. I'm Just as good as you are,
Tom Lansing."
"A thousand times better, little girl
But 1 am glad we are not near of kin
because I want you to be my wife "
"Lift me up," she 'said, "until I can
kiss the bronio lips of that old In
vader."
| "Cant do that," he said, "but I \rll>
I be old Tecum? h's proxy for once."
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